Ian Condry

“in American animation the dialogue is recorded first. Even though that may sound like a little technical, procedural issue, it actually affects how animation is used, the aesthetics, and the entire approach to the idea of animation as performance. This is a central difference between American animation and Japanese animation.”
― Ian Condry, The Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Japan's Media Success Story

“The textbook was born from analyzing actual movements, but these were still the exaggerated gestures of Europeans and Americans They portrayed ‘Western (bata-kusai; lit., smelling of butter)’ movements, like the way some Japanese who have lived abroad will spread their arms and shake their head when they say ‘Oh no!”
― Ian Condry, The Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Japan's Media Success Story